In the Middle Ages, people drew cards to be promoted to nobility. - Chapter 783

In the Americas, there were only three countries, British North America, Texas, and Mexico.

The borders of the three countries are not like those in Europe, where there are fortresses, fortresses, and customs cities. Judging from the density of people here, it may take several years to advance the boundary markers one kilometer a day without anyone noticing.

With such a vast land, even if the Americas were only regarded as their own plantations by the British, they would still need to invest a lot of wealth in increasing transportation capacity. However, there were always places that the railway could not reach, or there were loss-making lines that investors were simply unwilling to invest in.

Therefore, the scene of a dozen cowboys driving hundreds or thousands of cattle in the American wilderness came into being.

At this time, on the border grassland, a hungry ferocious beast of the wilderness was staring not far away with red eyes. It was trampling and flying dust, and the scale was huge. It was probably a huge herd of thousands of animals.

Joseph was once a cowboy, but now he has become the enemy of the cowboys – the mid-level leader of a gang of cattle rustlers.

The profession of cattle rustlers does not sound like other outlaw gangsters at all, but it is actually a very profitable business. A longhorn cattle can only be sold for a quarter of a pound in the place of origin, but if it is shipped to San Francisco , it can be increased tenfold directly.

Although cattle thieves cannot use formal sales channels, they are buying and selling without capital. After disguising themselves as cowboys, they can sell stolen cattle to underground exchanges that they have cooperated with for a long time, but the price will be severely reduced.

Some large-scale cattle-stealing gangs even number hundreds or even thousands of people. Some cattle-stealing gangs wear uniforms and become state militiamen, but take off their clothes and hold guns to become cattle rustlers.

Joseph drove the cattle, but he did not forget his old profession: “Boss, do we really want to cross Texas? Those Texas cowboys are not easy to deal with.”

Texas was once regarded as a forbidden area for criminal gangs, because the noses of those wolf cowboys were so sharp. One of the cowboys’ daily pastime was to conduct headhunting in the wilderness – taking the heads of criminals and sending them to the British Empire. North America exchanges the bounty and buys drinks for his colleagues.

“The buyers are in a hurry, and the British cannonballs are about to fall on their heads, so there is no time to deal with us.”

Micah, the leader of the cattle thieves, laughed and said: “And who do you think the buyer of our business is? In Mississippi, which has been almost turned into a wasteland by those niggas, are there any planters or farmers left?” , can you eat the thousand longhorn cattle we brought on this trip?”

“military?”

Joseph was a little in disbelief: “Boss, do you still have anything to do with the military?”

Micah smiled a little reservedly, but did not explain. In fact, how did he qualify to get close to the lap of the local rich man? It was just the pound sterling to open the way, plus the “stolen cattle” purchased by the quartermaster who wanted to get rich. .

He raised his tone: “I know there will be risks in crossing the Texans’ territory, but according to top secret information, those Texans have now completely abandoned the border towns and retreated to their lair. Moreover, If you want to make big money, you have to take risks, right?”

The cattle thieves were still worried and drove the cattle in silence.

It’s you who make the big money, not us.

The gangs of cattle rustlers are not as well organized as those senior gangsters, and they will break up just as soon as they break up.

Micah couldn’t help but raise his gun to the sky and banged it: “Listen to me, when this vote is completed, in addition to what was originally promised to you, everyone will receive a bonus of one pound!”

“Hail, boss!”

Joseph also cheered. At this time, it was almost impossible to see one-pound notes in the vast rural areas. It was beyond the scope of daily use. Only businessmen and large farmers would use it when making transactions. .

Amidst the cheers of the cattle thieves, Micah smiled triumphantly. At this time, he had the illusion that he was the king of the wilderness instead of a wanted criminal.

Unfortunately, the cheers generated by the high price of one pound per person ended abruptly when they walked out of a canyon.

Outside the canyon, a row of cowboys wearing cowboy hats, revolvers on their waists, and long guns in their hands looked at them with a smile. Behind them, there was a body hanging on a crooked tree, fluttering in the wind. The corpses were the scouts for the cattle thieves.

“Texans!”

Some of the cattle thieves’ eyes almost popped out of their heads.

“Quick, shoot, it’s over if they catch you!”

Just as Micah was mid-sentence, two bullets passed through his eyebrows and chest respectively, with perfect accuracy.

Centurion Leon blew out the white smoke from the muzzle of his gun and looked at Baron Charlie beside him with some pride: “How is it?”

Baron Charlie snorted, drew his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot a cattle thief who was hiding among the longhorn cattle, including the cattle and his men: “A group of weak robbers, even without the firearms in your hands, must It only takes one charge from us to deal with them.”

“A tough guy.”

Leon whistled, and the cowboys immediately rushed into the team of cattle thieves like a gust of wind.

Some cattle thieves also wanted to drive the cattle to attack the cowboys so that they could escape in the chaos, but the members of Leon’s team were almost all pure-blooded wolves. As soon as they showed their breath, they were frightened by the smell of the apex predator. The cattle turned and fled.

Not long after, the gang of nearly a hundred cattle thieves was wiped out by the cowboys of Leon’s team.

Leon and more than a dozen other cowboys skillfully surrounded the herd of cattle, using their own methods. In just over a quarter of an hour, thousands of longhorn cattle were calmed down and gathered together again under their skilled cooperation.

“Dorak, take three people to bring the cattle to the citizens of New Naples.”

Leon gave the order and led his men back to Baron Charles and his men: “What a great harvest! With this herd of cattle, the lives of those who have left their homes can be improved a lot.”

Baron Charles was not surprised by this. Thousands of cattle, in their time, would have been worth enough to trigger a war. It was normal for the Texans to be unwilling to give up these spoils.

Although he agreed in his heart, he was not polite in his words: “You are going to teach us these skills of taming cattle, right? We are not planning to be cattle herders.”

Leon snorted: “Raiding on the grassland and harassing the enemy’s rear, this is the real skill I want to teach you. There is no cavalry in this world who is better at this than us Texas cowboys.”

The group continued to head north.

They were very close to the border at this time, and the cattle thieves were unlucky. They happened to run into them, a group of cowboys who were about to cross the border for reconnaissance.

Baron Charlie suddenly stopped and pointed to the sky in the distance: “Look up!”

“It’s the British floating airship!”

Charlie covered his eyes with his hands and looked into the distance: “Is this the floating airship you mentioned? It can be seen so clearly from such a distance. It is really a big guy. Can this thing really be built by humans?”

“Every time I see it, I feel shocked. Humans have conquered the sky, land and sea. Monsters are almost extinct on the European continent. The sea beasts in the Mediterranean have been tied up by the Iberian lighthouse guards. The ghost ships that once roamed the Mediterranean have also disappeared.

In a few decades, we aliens may have nowhere to go.”

Leon was obviously a little sad.

“Alien?”

“You don’t know?”

Leon and Charlie looked at each other: “Do you think you are still a human now?”

Charlie shook his head, but immediately added: “This is the power given to me by the adults. It comes from God. I am also half a saint.”

Leon is used to this kind of statement. There are many heretical sects in America. In this era, they are no longer under control. Who let the old man, the Pope, lose his land to settle down?

Leon saw the most in this new world, all kinds of crosses, even the Labran cross of the long-dead Romans, which is the xp logo.

“I saw you all use the Latin cross, so I thought you were all traditional Catholics. However, with Mr. Losa’s status, it is not too much to be a god of a sect.”

Leon’s tone was joking, but his face changed immediately and he said seriously: “Follow closely later, I smell the enemy’s breath, I’m afraid we will soon fight with the enemy’s scouts.”

Charlie said calmly: “Take this opportunity to capture a few more prisoners and interrogate the enemy’s intelligence.”

Since becoming a dragon blood family, his skyrocketing strength has made him very inflated.